Urth Digest, Vol 51, Issue 18

Stephen Case · 06 Nov 2008, 21:12 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: scase at olivet.edu (Stephen Case)
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:12:23 -0600
Subject: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 51, Issue 18
Message-ID: <s9130972.083 at azrael.olivet.edu>

In response to the comments on it not being a good idea that everyone should vote, this was a main premise in Heinlein's Starship Troopers.  In that society, you weren't considered a citizen (and thus allowed to vote) unless you had served a tour in the military.  It wasn't mandatory that you served (like in certain contemporary European countries), but you weren't allowed to vote-- you weren't considered to have "earned the right"-- unless you had served.  This was a primary motivation (if I recall correctly) of the main character joining up.  I'm not sure how much of this was kept in the movie . . .

-Steve

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